Pharaoh's torso

Pharaoh's torso

A fragment of a monument whose torso was the only part preserved. The statue represents the Pharaoh in the image of the god Osiris with pharaoh's insignia in his crossed arms. Except for the arms there is a necklace visible on the front side; on the back side the statue has a short hieroglyphic inscription. The text was carved in two vertical lines. There is also a bracelet that can be seen on the arm on the front side of the statue as well as the top of the pharaoh's mock beard.

The reddish granite was one of the most favoured sorts of stone used in the manufacturing of monuments. Its main finding sites are in Djebel el Silsil to the north of Aswan. The monument was created at the time of the New Kingdom (16th to 11th century B.C.).